Evolution and medicine

Evolution and medicine

by Perlman, Robert L.

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Evolution and Medicine provides an accessible introduction to the new field of evolutionary medicine. Evolutionary concepts help explain why we remain vulnerable to disease, how pathogens and cancer cells evolve, and how the diseases that affected our evolutionary ancestors have shaped our biology.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Evolution and medicine / Robert L. Perlman.

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Evolution and Medicine provides an accessible introduction to the new field of evolutionary medicine. Evolutionary concepts help explain why we remain vulnerable to disease, how pathogens and cancer cells evolve, and how the diseases that affected our evolutionary ancestors have shaped our biology.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.
  • Edition:First edition

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 162 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780199661725, 0199661723, 9780199661718, 0199661715
  • oclc:ocn828890917
  • LC Classification:RB152
  • Dewey Decimal:616.071

Subjects

Biological Evolution Disease -- genetics Diseases -- Causes and theories of caus… Environmentally induced diseases Étiologie Évolution Évolution (Biologie) Evolution (Biology) Homme -- Évolution Human evolution Immunity -- genetics Krankheit Maladies de l'environnement Medizin

Writers

Perlman, Robert L.

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